tupinambá

Finnish

Alternative forms

• tupinamba

Etymology

From Portuguese tupinambá, from Old Tupi tupinambá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtupinɑmbɑ/, [ˈt̪upiˌnɑ̝mbɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑmbɑ

Noun

tupinambá

1. (uncountable) Tupinambá (extinct language)
2. Tupinambá (member of the people speaking this language)

Declension

Inflection of tupinambá (type 9/kala) singular plural nominative tupinambá tupinambát genitive tupinambán tupinambojen tupinambáin partitive tupinambáa tupinamboja accusative tupinambá tupinambán tupinambát inessive tupinambássa tupinamboissa elative tupinambásta tupinamboista illative tupinambáan tupinamboihin adessive tupinambálla tupinamboilla ablative tupinambálta tupinamboilta allative tupinambálle tupinamboille essive tupinambána tupinamboina translative tupinambáksi tupinamboiksi abessive tupinambátta tupinamboitta instructive – tupinamboin comitative – tupinamboineen

Old Tupi

Etymology

Unknown, but Eduardo de Almeida Navarro suggests tupi +‎ anama +‎ mbá.

Noun

tupinambá (unpossessable)

1. Tupinambá (member of the Tupinambá people)

Descendants

• → Brazilian Portuguese: tupinambá
  • → English: Tupinambá
  • → Finnish: tupinambá, tupinamba
  • → Spanish: tupinambá
• → French: tupinamba, topinambou, topinambour
  • → German: Topinambur
  • → Italian: topinambur
  • → Portuguese: tupinambor, tupinambo

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tupinambá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 484, columns 1–2

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi tupinambá. Doublet of tupinambor.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tu.pi.nɐ̃ˈba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.pi.nɐ̃ˈba/

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: tu‧pi‧nam‧bá

Adjective

tupinambá m or f (plural tupinambás)

1. (relational) Tupinambá

Noun

tupinambá m or f by sense (plural tupinambás)

1. Tupinambá (member of the Tupinambá people)

Noun

tupinambá m (uncountable)

1. Tupinambá language

   Synonyms: tupi, tupi antigo

Descendants

• → English: Tupinambá
• → Finnish: tupinambá, tupinamba
• → Spanish: tupinambá

References

• “tupinambá”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “tupinambá”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “tupinambá”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “tupinambá”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese tupinambá, borrowed from Old Tupi tupinambá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tupinamˈba/ [t̪u.pi.nãmˈba]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: tu‧pi‧nam‧bá

Adjective

tupinambá m or f (masculine and feminine plural tupinambás)

1. Tupinambá

Noun

tupinambá m or f by sense (plural tupinambás)

1. Tupinambá